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June 21, 2005
Minutes
The Budget Oversight Committee met on June 21, 2005 in the Council Chambers of the
Municipal Complex, located at 10500 North Military Trail, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida,
and opened with the Pledge of Allegiance.
I. Roll Call
Present: John Chaplik and Martin Cohen
Also Present: Allan Owens, Staff Liaison and Finance Administrator, Mary Anderson,
Alternate Staff Liaison
II. Memorandum for Budget Recommendation to City Council
John Chaplik announced that the Board has drafted a Memorandum to City Council
regarding the Budget and wanted to know the procedure of having this information
presented to City Council. Allan Owens explained this is the first time that a Budget
Committee has given a written recommendation to City Council and there is no policy in
place for relaying the information. The formal budget presentation will be given to
Council on July 21, 2005. Allan stated that he would like to distribute the Budget
Committee's report to City Council about a week before the budget presentation. In
addition, he would like the Board to be present at the July 21St budget presentation to
answer questions that City Council might have.
Mr. Chaplik suggested relaying this information to City Council at the Council /City
Manager Workshop that is being held on July 20, 2005. Allan will check with the City
Manager to see if the recommendations can be made at the Council /City Manger
Workshop, but he would also like the Board to be present at the final budget presentation
on July 21, 2005.
Martin Cohen stated that there are two recommendations the Boards feels are very
important. The recommendations are: raising the amount of the reserve and possibility
hiring temporary employees as opposed to regular full time employees for the Building
Department. The Board feels that his will alleviate having to let people go once City's
growth slows down. Mr. Cohen added that he would like City Council to have time to
review the report before making a decision on the budget. There was discussion about
the recommendations and the procedure for approving the Budget. Allan agreed that City
Council should have an opportunity to review the recommendations prior to the budget
presentation meeting. There was also discussion about minor adjustments there were
made to the proposed budget.
There was conversation regarding retiree's health benefits. Alan explained that retired
employees pay the same rate as regular employees pay. Although, he did not have this
information on hand, he will check on it and get back to the Board. There was also
discussion about offering employees a defined benefit plan as opposed to the 401K plan
that is now being offered.
Allan confirmed with the Board that the draft they provided him is the final draft and can
be sent to City Council for their consideration. He thanked the Board for their hard work
on the Budget process and their recommendations.
III. ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business to discuss, the meeting was adjourned at 2:28 P.M.
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John Chap
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Martin Cohen
Attest:
Susan Be , Public Information/Recording Coordinator